Immigrant Performance in the Labour Market

Bonding and Bridging Social Capital

Distributed for Amsterdam University Press

Paper $44.50ISBN: 9789089643575
Published
December 2012
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This definitive study offers an in-depth analysis of the role of social capital in Western labor markets. To address the vital question of how migrants take advantage of social relations between indigenous people and their own ethnic group, Bram Lancee surveys the impact of various forms of social capital on the integration of immigrants into their new labor markets in Germany and the Netherlands, producing an important comparative study for those two bordering countries.

1. Introduction and research questions Research questions Structure of the book2. Social capital theory Introduction Collective versus individual-level social capital Bonding social capital Bridging social capital Conclusion3. Immigrants in Germany and the Netherlands Introduction Migration history and background of the ethnic groups Immigration regime and integration policy The labour market Social capital in Germany and the Netherlands Immigrants’ social capital in Germany and the Netherlands Differences and similarities in the macro-context4. Immigrants’ social capital and labour market outcomes Introduction Labour market outcomes Hypotheses referring to bridging Hypotheses referring to bonding Human capital Social capital and labour market outcomes for men and women5. The case of the Netherlands Introduction Results Conclusion6. The case of Germany Introduction Data and measurement Results Conclusion7. Interethnic and intra-ethnic friendships and unemployment duration for Turkish immigrants and native Germans Introduction Hypotheses Data and measurement Results Conclusion8. Conclusions on immigrants’ bonding and bridging social capital Overview Findings Open questions

Appendix: The measurement of social capital using cumulative scalingReferences

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